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NURS5220 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 350 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
Aaron sign .....ANSWER..... Pain or distress occurs in the area of
the patient's heart or stomach on palpation of McBurney's point
Appendicitis
Ballance sign .....ANSWER..... Fixed dullness to percussion in left
flank, and dullness in right flank that disappears on change of
position
Peritonitis
Blumberg sign .....ANSWER..... rebound tenderness
peritonitis, appendicitis
Cullen sign .....ANSWER..... bruising around umbilicus
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pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy
Dance sign .....ANSWER..... absence of bowel sounds in RLQ
intussusception
Grey Turner sign .....ANSWER..... Ecchymosis of flanks
Hemoperitoneum; pancreatitis
Kehr sign .....ANSWER..... abdominal pain radiating to the left
shoulder
spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi
Markle sign (heel jar) .....ANSWER..... abdominal pain when
running, jumping, RLQ pain when pt drops from tip toes to heel
with jarring landing
appendicitis, peritonitis
McBurney's sign .....ANSWER..... rebound tenderness associated
with appendicitis (RLQ)
NURS5220 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 350 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
Aaron sign .....ANSWER..... Pain or distress occurs in the area of
the patient's heart or stomach on palpation of McBurney's point
Appendicitis
Ballance sign .....ANSWER..... Fixed dullness to percussion in left
flank, and dullness in right flank that disappears on change of
position
Peritonitis
Blumberg sign .....ANSWER..... rebound tenderness
peritonitis, appendicitis
Cullen sign .....ANSWER..... bruising around umbilicus
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pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy
Dance sign .....ANSWER..... absence of bowel sounds in RLQ
intussusception
Grey Turner sign .....ANSWER..... Ecchymosis of flanks
Hemoperitoneum; pancreatitis
Kehr sign .....ANSWER..... abdominal pain radiating to the left
shoulder
spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi
Markle sign (heel jar) .....ANSWER..... abdominal pain when
running, jumping, RLQ pain when pt drops from tip toes to heel
with jarring landing
appendicitis, peritonitis
McBurney's sign .....ANSWER..... rebound tenderness associated
with appendicitis (RLQ)
